Gareth A Davies has been a sports journalist for The Daily Telegraph since 1993. He is Boxing and MMA Correspondent. Has been intrigued by fight and combat sports from a young age. Personal sporting passions are rugby, cricket, and martial arts. Also covers the Paralympic Games. Hates getting his hair cut. Follow on Twitter @GarethADaviesDT

Interesting UFC 148 conference call this evening. UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has had enough of Chael Sonnen.
He ranted his way through 20 minutes and then hung up the phone. He sounded like he was off to beat the bag. Hard.

Once Silva had gone, White thought it had gone on long enough. These phone conferences often last 50 minutes. This one – over in 24. Job done.

Silva:
"This dude is a criminal! He's the scum of our sport. This dude doesn't deserve to be in the UFC. He he's a guy who had problems with the law in America. A guy who got caught on doping. A guy that doesn't respect anything. This dude is an imbecile! And on the 7th of July I'm gonna break his entire face and all his teeth. I'm gonna rip all his teeth out of his mouth."
"Listen, he who lives in the past is a museum. I don't live in the past. I'm gonna beat him again. There is not much to say. I'M GONNA GIVE HIM A BEATING! He's listening, the time for the child to play is over. It doesn't matter if he keeps saying silly things and whatever else he wants to say now. Talk is over. We are getting closer to the the time of truth. And I'm not hurt, I'm 100%… I'm gonna BREAK HIS FACE! I'M GONNA EXPEL him from the UFC! He's gonna have a beating like he never had in his life.
I'm gonna beat him so he can learn some manners. I'm gonna give him the beating that his mummy and daddy should have given him when he was a kid so he can learn some manners. Learn to respect other people and other countries!"
"Listen, from the bottom, the top, the side, on our feet… I'm going to beat him again. This time he's gonna get beat up! BEAT UP! The small talk is over. When we get inside the cage, he's gonna swallow EVERY ONE of his teeth. I'm gonna rip tooth by tooth from his mouth. Everyone of them!"
After I've finished, a lot of people are going to be scared about the path that our sport is going to take. I'm dedicated, focused, prepared and, most of all, on a mission to do something that nobody has done before in the UFC: break every single bone in Sonnen's body. He's gonna walk out with his face broken, arms broken, legs broken. I'm gonna break him up entirely. He's listening. He's gonna get his ass kicked. He's gonna get a beatdown. He'll need a stretcher to get out from The Octagon!"
"He didn't affect me about my personal life. It's all business. It's professional fighting and I'm gonna get his ass kicked and give him a beatdown anyway. He's gonna learn to respect Brazil, our fighters and the people that made and developed the sport that he practices. And forget about his wrestling. I'm gonna beat him up! BEAT HIM UP! I'm gonna break him up! This guy is a thug, a bum, a punk and I'm gonna give him a beating like he's never had in his life. I'm gonna beat him because his mother never beat him. Never educated him. So I'm gonna beat him up, I'm gonna rip his teeth off, I'm gonna break his arms and his legs."
"This dude will never talk trash about another fighter. I'm gonna break him up! You guys are not understanding what I'm saying, please pay attention: I'm serious, you guys can't imagine what is going to happen. The time for playing is over! No more playing around! No more Mr Nice Guy. He is going to be beaten up! No more talk. Now is the time for ass kicking! For brawling! He never had his ass kicked like I'm gonna do."
"It won't be much different from the last fight. Last time he lost. Now, he's going to lose and he'll leave the cage all broken up. He'll need plastic surgery!"